Boxing Day Special: Zayden comes to visit

Chloe's first Xmas

It's Christmas, that special time of the year for giving and feasting. So in keeping with the spirit of Chirstmas, here is Chloe, in a santa hat, surrounded by many many presents... well actually they belong to daddy technically... but I digress...

Enjoy

Fun with Mommy('s hair)

"Mommy mommy I want to play with your hair"


"Tugging at mommy's hair is FUN!!!"


"Ummm, as you can see, Mommy has white hair....."


"No worries, mommy. Let little Chloe help you. Once I pluck them all out, there won't be any more white hair.... hehe"

Chloe's Progress Report

Chloe is now 7-and-a-half months old now. Thought of doing a recap of her little progress thus far.

She is now quite fond of her walker, as she continues to discover the marvels of movement. In addition to moving backwards, she has started to learn to move sideways. Well she still hasn't mastered how to move forward, but she is getting there.

Basically Chloe still isn't very fond of eating. She still has to be asleep first before we feed her. milk. We started feeding her Heinz baby rice cereal a few months back. On a good day, she can finish it off quite quickly. On a bad day though, she will just keep the cereal in her mouth and refuse to swallow it. Sometimes, she will just regurgitate everything out... haiz, feeding time is still agony time for ah-ma.

Nowadays, she will only go to sleep at night with Ah-gong & Ah-ma on their bigger (compared to her cot) bed where she can toss and turn. After she falls asleep, either ah-ma or mommy will feed her before putting her back to sleep in her cot.

Her favourite toys are her rattle and the yellow-colour drumstick to her baby xylophone. The rattle is probably bec it makes a nice sound, and the yellow stick is because... well it is yellow in colour?? In addition, she also likes to grab our SCV remote control, and ah-ma's handphone very much. When she gets hold of the SCV, there goes our regular program, as Chloe is very capable of pressing the buttons and helping us to change the channels regularly.

Daddy & Mommy happened to pass by a Sesame Street carnival at Marina Square and decided to buy her some new toys. Now Chloe has an Elmo sing-along VCD, an Elmo puppet, a Sesame Street colour picture book (made of cloth, so it is washable, and she won't tear it to shreds like our newpapers), and her own Sesame Street "handphone" toy, so she doesn't have to fight with us for the SCV remote anymore... haha

As with all babies at this stage, Chloe likes to put things in her mouth to sooth her gums. Her front teeth, two upper teeth and two lower teeth can now be seen quite clearly.

As Chloe grows older, she has become more responsive to our funny gestures, smiling, swaying and shaking (sometimes quite violently) when Daddy and Mommy do a funny sound, made a funny face, or sing a funny song (with a funny action to boot). That said, she is still not that comfortable with strangers, and worse, she is still on the verge of tears everytime we go to great-grandmother's house on Sunday evenings. We have to bring her out more often to help her overcome her discomfort with strangers, or people she knows, but just dun see that often.

We did bring Chloe to my office this week to visit Daddy's office, since Daddy's colleagues had mostly not seen Chloe before, not in person at least. Other than making some sounds of displeasure when somebody wants to try to carry her, the whole thing went pretty well in fact. She took to the new environment pretty well and didn't seem like she was going to cry any moment.

Last but not least, a little video of her taken last week.


That's all folks. Come back to check out her blog for more updates soon.

Chloe the scholar

Shhhh, quiet please, BABY GENIUS at work...

See, I'm so smart, I can even read the paper UPSIDE DOWN. Now what are you staring at... never seen a baby read a newspaper before???

Look mommy, a letter... Let's see... who is this for?

Ummm, where's the letter, lemme shake it out. Oops, looks like there is only... an empty envelope after all. ;-)

Chloe goes gai gai

Taken sometime in early October, this was Chloe's first trip to MacDonalds with Daddy & Mummy. And no, the french fries were not for her. This little girl will be having milk, thank you. Or so we intended... Chloe is so facsinated with her new surroundings that she din want to bother with something as trivial as feeding...

Here's Chloe posing with Ah-gong at Suntec City. Our first family outing of 5 out to a shopping mall. We had lunch at Soup Restaurant before procceding with some shopping for Ah-gong. Chloe's lunch/afternoon menu was again milk, and as usual, it was difficult to get her to drink when she is in a new environment with lots of sound, lights and action.

Chloe shows off her vocal prowess...

Daddy managed to get a good video of Chloe last night, when Chloe, fresh from a good nap and a full meal, was feeling perky and cheerful. Enjoy.

Some photos taken this morning... Chloe wears a dress for probably the first time, along with a cap. Viola, behold our little princess, pretty in pink.

5 Months old!

On the 25th of Sept, We celebrated Grandpa's birthday, as well as Chloe's 5th month... how time flies. Pictures of memorable, plus earlier events

The birthday 'boy', with grandmother, and their beloved granddaughter.

Some photos of Chloe with her 外公，Mommy's father, who dropped by for a visit last Sunday.

Chloe carrying her lantern, celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 with grandpa.

Grandma carrying Chloe, en route to Grandparents' house.

Chloe and her first taste of a banana

Part 1: Auntie Leeling tempts Chloe with a banana


Part 2: Zayden joins in the action, trying both the banana and a pear


Part 3: Everybody wants to have a banana... but alas, there isn't enough to go around...

New Pictures....

Chloe with her Great grandparents

Chloe, freshly bathed, and in a new jumper from Aunty Shanshan, lying snuggly on Daddy & Mommy's bed.

Chloe & Daddy

Some of Mommy's best works taken of Daddy & Chloe

When Chloe met Zayden

After months of anticipation (one of the elders advised that the babies shouldn't meet untill Zayden is 4 months old), last Sunday, on the 10 of August 2008, we finally get to see the two youngest members of the family at 太嬷(great-grandma)'s place, together at the same time.

请大家见证这历史姓的一刻...

Sorry for the poor video quality. Daddy meant to video the special event, but unfortunately, he had to forget to check his camera batteries, which were like totally flat. Thanks to Mommy who managed to whip out her camera-phone in time to capture this historical first meeting...

Well, not many shots taken. For more shots check out Zayden's blog here...
http://zaydentok.blogspot.com/2008/08/historic-moments.html

3 Months Old!!!

Chloe is now 3 months old... Everything is going well, and she is probably about 6+ kg these days.

Chloe's holding her own bottle!! ... well almost. Mommy had to put Chloe's hands on the bottle for the longest time, and just this time, we managed to get a shot of her before she moved her hands away... haha, to hold her own bottle is still a work-in-progress, but we are getting there

Chloe does her best impersonation of Superman flying ... or should we make it Supergirl or even, Wonder Chloe? Lately, she is fond of raising her left hand in the air.... that, plus a seemingly stronger grip in her left hand left us speculating if she is a lefty like mommy.

Celebrating's Grandma's Birthday

Today's Ah-Ma birthday. Mommy bought a nice ice-cream cake from Swensens and we gathered to have a full family photo and to sing Ah-ma a birthday song.... haha, Chloe's too young to sing or eat the cake, tho she did take a longing, covetous look at the cake... dun worry, Chloe, next year, Daddy & Mommy will also buy you a nice birthday cake, and sing you a birthday song as well, ok?? :-)

Chloe's first major road trip: Visiting Mommy's 干妈 @ Bedok

Chloe went gai gai today... travelling by Daddy's Hippo Express to the 'faraway' east... ummm, actually not THAT far... today Chloe visit Mommy's godmother at her place at Bedok South.

From left to right: 外婆, Mommy & Chloe, 干婆婆(Mommy的干妈)

全家福

Chloe @ 10 Weeks

NEW VIDEO!!! Catch Chloe smiling and laughing as Mommy entertains Chloe

Lil'Chloe had been a bit naughty this week, giving her ah-ma lotsa problems ... like refusing to drink her milk properly... Ah-ma had to reheat her milk everytime she feeded Chloe, as Chloe would drink a bit, then stop drinking, fidget a bit or start to fuss...

Ah-ma also couldn't do any cooking or for the matter any task for sustained periods, cos her precious grandaughter will wake up 15 min to half hour hour after being put to sleep, and upon waking, she would want somebody to not just keep her company, but to carry her around...

Aiya, my little princess, you are making ah-ma very busy.... hopefully next week you be a better-behaved dear ok...

Chloe @ 2months+

How time flies... Little Chloe is now already 2 months old, halfway thru to 9 weeks now. From those early days, when just a cry from Chloe will send everyone in the family scattering around, trying to figure out what she wanted, I'd say that we have come to understand her moods and patterns better, and consequently, manage her even better.

A short recap of her 2-month progress:

- For the first month plus, she loved to stare at the ceiling. Whether she is attracted by the bright lights, or the spinning fan, or both, I dunno. But no matter where we brought her to, she will be studiously gazing at the ceiling. However in the past few weeks, as her vision improved she now liked to focus her sights more on people, meaning daddy & mummy and ah-gong & ah-ma.

- We have started to tell her stories and sing her lullabies. I'm not sure how much she understood, but it's never too early to start, and everyone loves how she will keep her focus on us, as we talk , sing and make funny sounds to her.

- For someone so young, she is already quite a fan of the TV. When we placed her at the sofa, she would inevitably turn her head to the direction of the TV, undoubtably attracted by the sound and bright colours in that direction.

- She likes to take photos more these days. When mummy takes out her camera, Chloe is more willing to oblige by looking at the camera and striking some nice poses, as seen above and below :-)

One of daddy's favourite pictures so far